Straight Lined 2021-05-25

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Straight Lined 2021-05-25

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A straight line is supposed to be the shortest distance between two points.

Not, I think, in the geometry those two seem to inhabit.

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If that's Dale and Briar (?) then the straight line is probably that they're sisters.

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Dave wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 11:47 pm A straight line is supposed to be the shortest distance between two points.
I thought it was the shortest distance between two puns. :?
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Typeminer wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 8:06 am
Dave wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 11:47 pm A straight line is supposed to be the shortest distance between two points.
I thought it was the shortest distance between two puns. :?
... THAT is a PUNCHLINE, actually...
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Typeminer wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 8:06 am
Dave wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 11:47 pm A straight line is supposed to be the shortest distance between two points.
I thought it was the shortest distance between two puns. :?
Well, what I said is only true in a space-time with a Newtonian geodesic.

Nominally, we lived in a space-time with an Einsteinian geodesic.

What you're referring to is a space-time with a Peabodian geodesic.
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Dave wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:45 pm What you're referring to is a space-time with a Peabodian geodesic.
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